Apparently it is illegal to text/e-mail or read text/e-mail while driving. You can check it while stopped, but if caught checking this stuff while driving, you can get a $100 fine....Starts tomorrow.

11/30/2009 10:50:25 AM

License plate frame ban as well

^ and that's $100 + court costs. Last time i checked, court costs were $100

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 10:51 AM. Reason : a]

11/30/2009 10:51:27 AM

IBT omg thats more of my freedoms being taken away by the government / yay! government intrusion into private life!

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11/30/2009 10:52:39 AM

I get the texting ban, because that shit is just downright unsafe.

But the whole license plate frame ban is rediculous. It's just another reason for police to be able to pull you over to try to catch you doing other illegal shit.

11/30/2009 10:53:54 AM

dc has a whole cell phone while driving ban. you have to be hands free or they will pull you over.

11/30/2009 10:55:06 AM

^ NY does too

11/30/2009 10:55:44 AM

wait- what?

so you can't have the NCSU frames around your license plate anymore?


and for the record, I hate texting when driving, but how do they know you are doing that and not, say, changing a song on your ipod (I have an iphone so they really would have no idea)

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM. Reason : svcwa]

11/30/2009 10:55:51 AM

i bet i might get a ticket for this

11/30/2009 10:56:14 AM

Florida doesn't but some cops will slap you with reckless driving if they see you doing it.

regardless, won't this be incredibly hard to prove?

11/30/2009 10:56:56 AM

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"OMG! R U driving? Texting ban starts Tuesday Posted: Nov. 29 2:44 p.m. Updated: 41 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — Starting soon, North Carolina drivers who text behind the wheel will need to pull over to avoid fines. Multiple media outlets report Saturday that the state's ban on sending text messages while driving goes into effect Dec. 1. Violations could cost drivers $100 in fines. The new law makes it illegal to text or read any e-mail or text message while driving, and fines are higher for school bus drivers caught in the act. But the law only applies to the driver while the vehicle is moving, not when it's stopped or parked. Police officers and other safety officials are also exempt."

only thing they have to do is subpoena your phone records

Quote :

"New law puts restrictions on NC license plates Posted: Nov 19, 2009 10:41 PM EST Updated: Nov 19, 2009 10:41 PM EST RALEIGH, NC (WMBF) - Beginning Dec. 1, a new law goes into effect that requires the state’s name across the bottom of the plate as well as the year and month stickers on a license plate to be fully visible. They can no longer be partially covered by a license frame. Vehicle owners can be cited for committing an infraction andafter fined $100 for the violation after Nov. 30. The law was introduced in the 2009 session of the General Assembly and was supported by law enforcement officials because it increases the readability of registration information on the plates and helps identify vehicles registered in North Carolina"

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11/30/2009 10:57:10 AM

that's ridiculous....

the license plate thing that is

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11/30/2009 10:58:01 AM

Man my inspection was due in April and I've been driving around with old stickers for 7 months

11/30/2009 10:58:53 AM

^ whoops

11/30/2009 10:59:37 AM

so how the fuck is this going to be enforceable?

11/30/2009 11:01:21 AM

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"But the law only applies to the driver while the vehicle is moving, not when it's stopped or parked. Police officers and other safety officials are also exempt."

WUT

it's like when cartman bought the theme park and no one could ride the rides but him

11/30/2009 11:04:04 AM

the license plate thing is stupid. you can almost always tell the state by the plate design and even if it's partially covered, you can still tell. Now, if the state/stickers were completely covered, I'd understand. this is just another way to allow LEOs to get in your business and a revenue source for the government.

ban on texting/email while driving is fair

11/30/2009 11:09:18 AM

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"you can almost always tell the state by the plate design"

so what? that's "almost," which is not the same as "always"...there have been a number of times i couldn't tell the plate's state because it was a design i hadn't seen and there was a plate frame that was covering too much of the text for me to be able to tell

granted, i'm not a LEO, but it doesn't change the fact that SOME frames inhibit easy identification...which is the fucking point of a license plate

don't like it? get a bumper sticker

11/30/2009 11:12:40 AM

at least we don't live in NY, where they're releasing a new license plate design and requiring everyone to buy it. That's right, it's mandatory you don't have a choice.

11/30/2009 11:16:20 AM

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" and for the record, I hate texting when driving, but how do they know you are doing that and not, say, changing a song on your ipod (I have an iphone so they really would have no idea)"

yeah i use my ipod touch to play music in my car and ill be god damned if im gonna get a $100 fine just for changing a god damn song.

11/30/2009 11:25:13 AM

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"IBT omg thats more of my freedoms being taken away by the government / yay! government intrusion into private life!"

what an idiot....seriously?

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"wait- what? so you can't have the NCSU frames around your license plate anymore? and for the record, I hate texting when driving, but how do they know you are doing that and not, say, changing a song on your ipod (I have an iphone so they really would have no idea)"

is fiddling with your iPod any safer? think about it before responding

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"the license plate thing is stupid. you can almost always tell the state by the plate design and even if it's partially covered, you can still tell. Now, if the state/stickers were completely covered, I'd understand. this is just another way to allow LEOs to get in your business and a revenue source for the government. ban on texting/email while driving is fair "

but can you assess the validity of the plate? its like checkin IDs, i can tell its an NC ID but you gotta pull it out so I can see the date and the watermark

I think the laws are fair, personally



[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 11:34 AM. Reason : d]

11/30/2009 11:31:24 AM

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"at least we don't live in NY, where they're releasing a new license plate design and requiring everyone to buy it. That's right, it's mandatory you don't have a choice."

nc did this when it went from blue to red back to blue

11/30/2009 11:36:57 AM

Well damn, I had to remove my NCSU alumni frame from around my license plate.

11/30/2009 11:42:35 AM

I just don't see how they are going to be able to tell just by seeing you driving...I mean I guess some people it's obvious cause they hold it right up at the wheel

11/30/2009 11:42:48 AM

you can look at the car and tell, you can look inside the vehicle later

its gonna be easily enforceable im tellin you that right now

11/30/2009 11:43:46 AM

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"nc did this when it went from blue to red back to blue"

No, if you already had a blue plate you could keep it. You're not following me here...

11/30/2009 11:44:51 AM

This is mine:



According to the law, I can be fined for that because "North Carolina" is partially blocked.

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM. Reason : fixed pic]

11/30/2009 11:44:59 AM

They will never take me alive!

11/30/2009 11:47:06 AM

other laws going into effect:

they will be installing cameras on school buses to catch people who pass them while they are stopped

it will become illegal to solicit minors for sex from business computers

11/30/2009 11:51:16 AM

man, my license plate frame is the last NCSU thing I have on my car.

11/30/2009 11:51:31 AM

although, I guess I could cut off those 2 pieces that are covering part of North Carolina.

11/30/2009 11:52:46 AM

^well, that's the last thing I'd be worried about, if I were you. You can't even read your tag numbers!

11/30/2009 11:55:00 AM

ha, if they pull you for that, they're bored. I still have the toyota frame from the dealership on mine and it covers the lower 1/3rd of North Carolina. Which I believe the state frame on the other truck covers it too.

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM. Reason : ]

11/30/2009 11:55:29 AM

^^ aha! I knew someone would say that

11/30/2009 11:58:55 AM

Well I guess it's a good thing I don't text much when I drive anyway. It's going to be hard to break the habit of checking a text when I get it while I'm driving though.

11/30/2009 11:59:05 AM

Thank God!

11/30/2009 11:59:37 AM

As long as it's okay to browse Facebook while driving I won't be too upset.

11/30/2009 12:00:53 PM

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"ha, if they pull you for that, they're bored."

And it would probably get thrown out. They're looking for stuff like this:

11/30/2009 12:01:29 PM

That is CLEARLY North Dakota

11/30/2009 12:03:50 PM

NY state has had this shit for years. People talk on the phone and txt. It's just rarely enforced where I live, though i imagine its different in NYC

11/30/2009 12:03:55 PM

they enforce this in cali

11/30/2009 12:18:47 PM

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"it will become illegal to solicit minors for sex from business computers"

what the fuck? so it's ok to do it as long as it's not on company time?

11/30/2009 12:49:01 PM

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"That is CLEARLY North Dakota"

i, too, believe that North Dakota was first in flight

11/30/2009 12:50:08 PM

Discover the Spirit North Carolina!

OK, maybe I was wrong. It's probably Nebraska

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11/30/2009 12:52:44 PM

i dunno, but thats what i heard on the news last night

i would hope that it was already illegal but whatever law they had for some reason didnt specify business computers so they are making this one so its all encompassing

11/30/2009 12:53:33 PM

I don't think the penalties for texting while driving are severe enough. Summary execution perhaps?

11/30/2009 12:56:03 PM

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"it will become illegal to solicit minors for sex from business computers"

so it has been legal to do that all this time? damn i have been missing out.

better make up for lost time before the first.

11/30/2009 12:57:31 PM

Just say you were browsing the internet.
Loophole FTW.

11/30/2009 12:58:09 PM

also i read an interview with someone (city manager or sheriff maybe, i forget) where he basically said he realizes the enforcement of a twd ban is unenforceable but that he said its about the point that the ban makes and that he believed nc has plenty of law abiding citizens that will obey the ban

11/30/2009 12:58:58 PM

Yeah, it's tough to enforce, mainly because talking while driving is still legal. You could always just say you were dialing your phone, not texting.

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 1:01 PM. Reason : a]

11/30/2009 1:00:57 PM

Set em up

11/30/2009 1:05:45 PM